February 17th - The key to success in sailing - Part One Well, sailing successfully to a key, anyway. As I write, we're anchored off Rodriguez Key south of...
February 18th - The key to success in sailing - Part Two Well, as I started to say, sailing successfully to a key, anyway. We left you after having managed a...
February 19th - The key to success in sailing - Part Three Well, as I was saying, sailing successfully to a key, anyway. When we left you, we'd anchored off...
March 5th - Rock and Roll, The Beat Generation, Perfect Pitch and swearing Wednesday morning rolled around earlier than we would have liked - except for the...
March 7th - Making Bail, Equipment Failure and other fish stories We left you as we were in the Gulf Stream, heading north. We're on our way to Tiger Point...
Dear Flying Pig, I write this note at 5am on watch on Q. Q is our new boat. We bought her in St. Martin 3 weeks ago and after 2 weeks of sailing are now 6...
James Fine
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Hi James and Chantal - Congratulations on the purchase of Q!! We're both a bit envious, your being out there on the water and sailing, although we've had a...
hi Lydia and Skip, I just wanted to drop a line and let yall know I just worked out a deal for a 30' Coronado. she needs a little elbow grease, but that is ...
March 11th - Belt and Sospenders, plus the kindness of strangers Here we are, in scenic, fragrant Fernandina, FL, where we'll put Flying Pig on the hard for...
March 14 - On the road again... Well, as the song said, we hit the road again. As is sometimes my custom, I'm working backward from the title to get to the ...
Dear Skip and Lydia, et all... I can't tell you how motivating your adventures have been to us. We are still waiting for Dorothyto take posession of Sayonara ...
Ham and Wry... We're in Fernandina Beach, on Amelia Island, having returned from 15 weeks ashore. We've pretty much sworn off shore life, after all that,...
Life's a beach, Part II... We're in Fernandina Beach, on Amelia Island, having returned from 15 weeks ashore, getting ready to leave for Maine, thus the Part ...
Flying Pig Float Plan Our current plan is to depart on the falling tide on Monday, July 28 afternoon. Our best forecasts of currents and winds at this time...
Good luck to you! I'm sure you don't need reminding that, when in the Gulf Stream, any winds with a northerly component can create very sloppy conditions. To:...
thanks, Karin - we have studied as much weather looking forward as we can, but we'll cling to the W side of it incase. :) I mustn't forget to take my Stugeron...
[This message forwarded from their sailmail status report.] Day 1 - Maine Passage We left in a drizzle early Monday evening, on the outgoing tide, from...
David T-G
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Aug 3, 2008 2:59 am
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[This message forwarded from their sailmail status report.] Day 2 - Maine Passage[ Hello from the Gulf Stream, at 32*58'N 77*05'W at 7 PM, Wednesday July 30 We...
David T-G
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Aug 3, 2008 2:59 am
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[This message forwarded from their sailmail status report.] Good evening from the Gulf Stream, 35*21'N 74*25'W, just past Cape Hatteras, the bugbear of all...
David T-G
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Aug 3, 2008 3:11 am
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[This message forwarded from their sailmail status report.] Day 4 - Maine Passage Hello from the Gulf Stream at 30*4'N 71*51', charging along toward our...
David T-G
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Aug 3, 2008 3:24 am
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[This message forwarded from their sailmail status report.] Day 5 - Maine Passage Hello from the North Atlantic, at 38*22'N, 69*39' W, as we sail along on a...
David T-G
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Aug 3, 2008 12:42 pm
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[This message forwarded from their sailmail status report.] Day 6 - Maine Passage Hello from the North Atlantic, at XXXN, YYY W, en route to Cape Cod's...
David T-G
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Aug 3, 2008 12:44 pm
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Hi, all -- ...and then David JPO said... % % [This message forwarded from their sailmail status report.] [snip] Oops -- there was more coming, although I...
David T-G
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Aug 4, 2008 10:46 am
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[This message forwarded from their sailmail status report.] Day 7 - Maine Passage (Hello from the North Atlantic, at 41*38'N, 68*49'W, enroute to Portland, ME...
David T-G
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Aug 5, 2008 10:31 am
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[This message forwarded from their sailmail status report.] Day 8 - Maine Passage Hello from the North Atlantic, at XXX'N, YYY'W, heading to Portland, ME after...
David T-G
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Aug 6, 2008 4:13 pm
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when I get the up-dates yousend, I can enjoy the trip WITHOUT SEASICKNESS. thanks gary hunter ... From: "David T-G" <d08@...> To: "Flying Pig Log...
Gary
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Aug 6, 2008 6:48 pm
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Day 9 - Maine Passage Hello from an anchorage (more below on the subject) off Little Diamond Island in Portland Harbor, 43*40'N, 70*12'W , later to go to the ...
Maine Passage - Successes and failures, Moving On... Written mostly a week ago; current stuff at the end... We left you as we had thrown out the hook in...
Cod Almighty - August 22 We sailed off our mooring in Portland in the endings of a mild Norwester on Wednesday morning at about 9AM. We'd timed our departure...